Painted Pansies on a Clam Shell, Antique Coastal New England Folk Art Momento antique baseball All spring loaded

All spring loaded

with hand-cut glass windows

rather a copy of that print must have been laid facing it

7 7/8" x 6 1/2"

and is big enough to hold a fair stash of something precious

Painted Pansies on a Clam Shell, Antique Coastal New England Folk Art Momento antique baseball All spring loadedFound on the southern coast of Maine, surely not far from where this large clam shell was painted, late 19th early 20th century. I might pass by a pansy painting on board, but give me some flowers painted on a shell, or a rock, or a conk, and I'll scoop it every time. The world is a canvas for the resourceful! And paintings on objects feel much more like momentos. 6" x 3 3 4" x 1" d. A little paint loss to the left pansy, as documented, and a few